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theneverfox@pawb.social 2 days agoI have a party trick where I light my hand on fire and transfer the fire between shapes on a surface
It’s not that hot, and it’s super easy to light and put out. It’s still, you know, fire, but panicked flailing is enough to put it out
Sure, you could get third degree burns from it, but only if you just let it sit there. If you tried to wipe it off or smack it out, which I think is the natural human reaction, it would just go out, possibly flinging little drops of fire around to get similar treatment
If anything, it’s the nerf form of napalm…
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Yeah I’ve played with fire for years after being taught how to do it safely. Idk about the stickiness aspect of hand sanitizer but isopropyl alcohol is safe enough that I can use it to light my arm on fire, though a thin layer is always used. You don’t want it to last more than a few seconds or it will risk a mild first degree burn
ngdev@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
really? thats neat. wonder how itd turn out with ethanol tho lol ive seen it burn circles in carpet pretty quick
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Carpet wants to be on fire, it’s a bunch of spread fibers. Skin doesn’t want to catch fire. I think ethanol is hotter or less evaporative, but not er visit bad
ngdev@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
no i didnt say the carpet caught fire, just that circle patterns were burned into it…it was a super shitty rug likely plastic threads. im just thinking that hand sanitizer is viscous and is a super high percentage of ethanol, so im betting that it would fuck your skin up pretty good. would just be a matter of how much of you is covered in it lol
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